The Reel Rejects - FALLOUT 2x01 Breakdown & Review!!!

Starting point is 00:00:00 This video is sponsored by Rula. More on them just a bit. You ready to do this, Michael? Only if you're giving me one for Christmas. Of course. I give to promote. Let's go. All right, ladies and gentlemen, we're back in the world of fallout.

Starting point is 00:00:23 Solid start to this season. I'm glad Prime Video decided to learn their lesson from last. time. I know. It's so nice that it's weekly. It dumped it all at once last time. It's too good of a series to just consume all in one immediate binge. Yeah, there's thoughts and things you want to theorize about without a gamer spoiling too much. Yeah, I would never do that. I would never do that.

Starting point is 00:00:52 What did you think of this first episode of the season? I felt very much that I instantly entered the whimsical. world of New Vegas in that opening shot in Novak. That was just, I felt tonally, it just set us up for success. I think they are doing a really interesting thing where, obviously, like, you're consuming this story in universe for the first time. And I like to think that you're really enjoying the adventure of trying to figure out what happened.

Starting point is 00:01:26 What I really love about how they've gone about this, though, is that. But parallel to what first-time fallout fans are experiencing, there's also sort of this not rewriting, but sort of a strategic placement of this story in the existing fallout lore. And like going into this season, I think everybody who played New Vegas sort of asked the question, because this takes place after the game. which ending did they end up going with? And ultimately, I think the collective answer is none of them and some of all of them. And that was evident, like, it was really cool to see, like, the great cons in Novak,

Starting point is 00:02:12 but also the great cons were, like, never in Novak in the game. So it's indicative that, like, things have happened. The world that you entered in the game has evolved and changed in sort of a really interesting way. And so I... What are great cons? Great cons are a nomadic group of tribes that were originally further out west

Starting point is 00:02:36 towards California. They were actually in the original fallout games. And they ended up, the survivors of them ended up as a smaller faction in Fallout New Vegas. Got it. And you have the choice to either save them, destroy them, or weaken them to the point where they need to move on.

Starting point is 00:02:53 got it um so it's interesting so we're we're beginning to see the effects um mr house being the most interesting of of the factions and characters it is interesting to have the mr house character because while i don't know much about this guy yeah unlike last season it's character named moldaver moldaver moldaver they positioned moldaver to be the season villain to have the inverse reveal that she is indeed not the villain at all the one who we thought we were going to rescue as actually the villain and there's the villains are also you know corporations and all these other things that they're dealing with where this season i'm and while it won't be black and white they're they're positioning this robert house character to be an actual antagonist like there's so much focus on a character who we never really established in the first season and now there's a lot of emphasis and dialogue given to him even hank going here is trying to communicate to him yeah we have cooper being reminded about him and revisiting memories of when he had to i guess they wanted to assassinate wanted him to assassinate him so i'm excited to see

Starting point is 00:04:03 how they make that i don't want that to be i don't want to become black and white doesn't seem like it'll become black and white like there's just as one bag out i mean they care but it is cool to like get a brilliant to fallout yeah i mean that's the brilliant to fallout is even the villains make the most compelling of cases uh for for their argument i think what's interesting is that Mr. House was always omnipresent in the first season in the form of, like, the role that he plays in society. So, like, his company, Robco is the robotics company that we see in the very first episode everywhere in the show.

Starting point is 00:04:42 So he's sort of been this, like, looming figure. And I appreciate that they, in the first season, they sort of play up this idea of, like, you know, is it the United States, it's China? like who's doing it and then this idea that like oh actually there is elements within our corporations and you know that see a material benefit and gain i think what's really interesting is they're sort of setting up between the assassination the calling for the assassination as well as sort of this mr house lookalike who did not look like the one that was in the boardroom i wonder if there's something interesting

Starting point is 00:05:21 going on here of, you know, maybe that's not him, him. It's, he's, he's a man with many plans and contingencies. And, um, yeah. So it's, it's really, um, it's fun. I also appreciate that they're sort of positioning Hank as almost a double agent, uh, against Voltaic, um, you know, because Mr. House clearly had his own agenda outside of Voltax plans. So, yeah. Um, What did you wish was in this first episode that you didn't get to see? Maximus. Where's Maximus?

Starting point is 00:06:00 I think they're going to give him his own episode. I mean, the Brotherhood, where did they leave off? I mean, they just won the battle, and Maximus became a knight. So, because there was sort of an interesting storyline happening there, right, with the Brotherhood really taking over. over where the New California Republic used to be and sort of sort of planting themselves. But he'll be back.

Starting point is 00:06:27 Yeah, of course. Sure, next week. It'll be right here. It's so weird. We didn't see him the whole season. They just wrote him out of the story. But he was in all of that recap. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:06:35 Yeah. Well, the parts that I thought were very compelling of, in terms of like, structurally, the thing that separates this as a season two, for the most part, is the Robert House implementation. Because outside of that, it doesn't really feel like the start of a new season. It just feels like the next episode.

Starting point is 00:06:56 You know what I mean? And some people are on board for that and like that vibe and other people like a new start. I like them rewarding the audience for those who like paid attention. Because as much as there's a detailed recap, I don't feel like it's sufficient enough where you could really appreciate the juice of this episode because there's so much and underneath the layers. Like for me, the main characters of Cooper and Lucy, I'm most excited to see what evolves with them

Starting point is 00:07:28 because it seems like they'll be learning from each other. Lucy will have to learn a little bit more survivalistic type of grit and learning how to make truly hard a little bit colder choices and know when that is necessary. And Cooper's going to learn how to get a little bit more in touch with his heart that's left in optimism. and I'm excited to watch how that unfolds and they already seem to be doing intentional paralleling from where he left off back in 277 to go from the shot with him walking with Lucy and the dog and then oh let's go back to this past versus him his daughter and the dog I imagine that they're going to be some type of parallel where he will eventually unpack his heart a little bit more do you think he's capable of a happy ending no I think there'll be a bitter sweet ending for him I think there'd be a something kind of tragic for him.

Starting point is 00:08:21 I don't think it'll be in this season. Yeah, I don't think so. Because I think they got renewed for two more seasons, actually. Yeah. Yeah. Fellow reject, I've been going to therapy since I believe around 2012. And admittedly in the past couple of months, I haven't been as consistent as I like to be. And with that, I tend to fall into, like, old patterns of having a difficult time asking for help,

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Starting point is 00:09:58 That's rula. That's Rula.com slash rejects. Thank you again, Rula. Take care of yourselves, people. Well, and I think to your point of this not feeling like a season two rather than a direct continuation. I think it was a very intentional decision for it to almost feel like the entire series in of itself is a long-ass video game. Like a video game. Exactly. I mean, the act structure, you know, that honestly the end of this last season felt very similar to me as sort of the big

Starting point is 00:10:35 reveal moment in Fallout 4, which I'm not going to spoil for you, but it has this like Thank you. This really interesting, like, oh, wow. And honestly, you could have ended it there, and that would have been swell, but there's still so much more adventure and choices to be made. And I think that's one of the neatest things about these particular characters is that they are put in these situations that force them to question their own relative moral compass,

Starting point is 00:11:08 similar to how a player would. You know, I mean, for the ghoul to be in these situations where he needs to appeal to the heart and these different things that he has sort of forsaken, it creates some really interesting dialogue choices. It creates some really interesting, you know, weaves, and same for the rest of the cast. You know, I do have to say, though, I think the show has done such a tremendous job at capturing the, with not a lot of exposition. I mean, at least I don't feel like there's an insane amount of I feel like they've been able to capture the lore by showing

Starting point is 00:11:47 rather than telling and it feels big, it feels authentic I mean, like these set pieces are just like mind-boggling yeah, I mean, as somebody that has not been exposed to this world do you feel like you are keeping track of

Starting point is 00:12:06 who's who and what they're fighting for and you know in some ways with the brotherhood it's it's a little I mean I what I like about it is how it's got that false it's got that weaponization of ideals

Starting point is 00:12:23 it's got that weaponization of a patriotism you know like I think the brotherhood is a really fascinating complexity to that it seems like that's what everyone's doing right they're all like they're all living in the world of severance the work is the work is important

Starting point is 00:12:38 of mysterious. It's like what they're all doing and they don't really, they have, they're, they're told something to keep moving forward towards while really it's for some other purpose, oftentimes in the form of control or experimentation. And so, yeah, I mean, I'm, I am following it. I am really liking it. And I like how when you cut to, like Cooper and Lucy, that's all about, like, here's the no bullshit story. I think you really hit the nail on the head as to, I think, why they eliminated in the first season the New California Republic from the narrative. Like they obviously, they wiped it off the map

Starting point is 00:13:15 in a really big way. You mean not explore it? Story role, but didn't explore it because the New California Republic was like the extension of the best ideals of democracy and a representative republic. And sort of a continuation of like America in its most righteous form.

Starting point is 00:13:36 And, like, yeah, it wasn't perfect, but it was still the most logical successor to what was. Whereas, like, the Brotherhood's ideology is, I mean, the backstory there is they believe in tech should not be trusted in the hands of others. So we have to hoard it to protect people

Starting point is 00:13:56 from their selves and the dangers of technology. And it was born from, like, a secession movement right before the end of the world, and with like former army guys and and it's like this really interesting ideology but to your point it's like bastardized to the point of like we don't really at this point know why we do what we do we just know that it's important yeah and you know that the same sort of exists like in the very beginning the first faction that we were introduced to uh with umerson from from lost uh you

Starting point is 00:14:33 know the enclave is a really similar type like these are all really the contorted vault tech contorted mr house contorted um you know and and it creates i think a more dynamic playground for morality and also i think uh this concept of history is just factions destroying each other what happens when you take them all off the map i think it makes the vaultic argument not a sound moral argument but it does make for an interesting you know I mean and they're clearly playing it with this mind control idea of like

Starting point is 00:15:11 hey if everybody all believes the same thing and we're all in line that's a heck of a lot easier than fighting over these ideologies that none of us necessarily believe in um so it's a really thematically I love what they're exploring here and um it also like I don't know about you but I feel like

Starting point is 00:15:27 there's so many subtle nods to like the uh like sort of taking the Robco protest, which you sort of see the remnants of throughout the video games of humans that were upset, that robots were replacing their jobs. And obviously, like, in the context of, like,

Starting point is 00:15:45 AI and the moment that we're living in, it all feels, like, really on the nose. And it's hard not to, like, make the Neurrelink, Elon Musk connection. You know, like, part of me is like, what are they trying to say here? You know, I mean, and it really, it's such an interesting,

Starting point is 00:16:02 I really love the overall themes that they're exploring and how within the context of this alternative history we can see a reflection of our own. Yeah, the idea that technology advancement should lead to more innovation and human freedom, but somehow it leads to corporations controlling the human mind more. And they said it best. Limiting individualism.

Starting point is 00:16:30 And this notion of your dollar in so many ways is more valuable than your vote. And to have that be said in that great flashback sequence, I think, sort of gets to the heart of fallout where it's not scared to raise these questions and raise them in all different sorts of directions. Yeah. Well, the last thing that I think you explore is Norm 31. What's going on there, buddy? what norm fault 31 norm

Starting point is 00:17:05 his name norm no what's his name norm norm yeah moises areas oh is that name 31 yeah isn't he in vault 31

Starting point is 00:17:14 yeah sorry I try that one more time we're gonna cut that no we're not I just had a small stroke his name's norm right yeah norm

Starting point is 00:17:24 in vault 31 yeah I mean waking up all I am not okay waking up all of those VALTEC employees, I think it's going to lead to an interesting, yeah, honestly, crazy move. It's a really, where do you go from there?

Starting point is 00:17:41 I mean, you have to open the door. They all have to go back into the, you know. I'm curious. I thought it was the most underwritten part of this episode. Underwritten? Yeah, it was like, none of this information is particularly new to the experience, and they were stretching it out so we can get to the ending.

Starting point is 00:17:59 of that because the ending part was the most interesting part yeah but also like where do you go but this show does a good job at that of like where do we go from here and then subverting the expectation and figuring out where to actually go yeah um but it does sort of pose an interesting what i like most about it is that hank is in a position where he is theoretically at odds with those that are being released um based upon the motives that he shared at the end of this episode so Where does that, does this decision inadvertently have an effect that helps us stop Hank and Mr. House? Which is an interesting sort of, you know, how angry is she at her father? Is Lucy angry at her father?

Starting point is 00:18:45 Is she willing to work with Voltaic directly to, you know? So it's going to be fun. It's going to be fun. Any big predictions for the season? Nope. I got none. What do you got? I know you want to.

Starting point is 00:18:59 No, that's why you asked me, so you can say yours. Go for it, Michael. I really hope that we get to see. I really just cannot, like, mentally accept that all of the new California Republic has gone. And that, like, it's like a thing that makes me really upset to think about because it was, like, always my go-to. faction and like um and i wonder if there's a little bit of hope which i feel like i feel like maximus is at some point going to butt heads in a major way with the ideology of the brotherhood

Starting point is 00:19:43 and i think this idea of him being able to like go back to his roots and like what his life was supposed to have been had uh had he not lost his family and the new california republic had lost its capital like i would love to explore that um which i think they're going to have to like there's more lore and more there because of the events of of new vegas um and a very famous major battle that occurred on a certain hoover dam all right so all right guys well that's it for fallout season two episode one glad to have you back here in my life michael it's so good to be back here in your life gregg and it's so nice to be you with all of you thank you all for welcoming back i hope um one can't see the future this could have

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The Reel Rejects - FALLOUT 2x01 Breakdown & Review!!!

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